Direct and oversee all Division fundraising efforts and activities to meet budgeted financial goals and to recruit and develop necessary volunteers and staff, organizations, and associations to implement fundraising activities.

• Develop, with staff and volunteers, a plan and schedule for Division fundraising campaign/events to meet financial goals. This includes developing income and expense budgets, event logistics, volunteer recruitment, event evaluation/assessment, etc.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key corporate and civic community leaders, organizations and associations  
• Strategically plan new ways of achieving Division financial goals.
• Recruit and develop volunteer leadership. Develop volunteer development committee and community boards and serve as staff liaison.
• Market sponsorship opportunities to the corporate community.
• Hire, direct, train and supervise fundraising staff. 
• Recruit and develop donors for Major Gifts and Annual Giving Campaigns. 
• Work with program staff and volunteers to ensure that every event contains program content to enhance the knowledge of the audience and general public regarding the March of Dimes mission, programs, special services and benefits for mothers and babies. 
• May oversee the input of data and report generation for CWMS and/or Volunteer, Donor and Event Management databases.
  

• Strong organizational, planning, communications, interpersonal and teambuilding skills required
• Excellent verbal skills including public speaking ability and sales experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong demonstrated experience in fundraising and high-level volunteer recruitment (WalkAmerica or equivalent experience a plus)
• Experience working with high level volunteer leaders
• Experience in fundraising, event planning, corporate sponsorship recruitment, budgeting, volunteer and staff management.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem solving, planning, implementation, organization, leadership, teambuilding and computer skills.
• Strong organizational, planning, communications, interpersonal and team building skills required

NOTE: A credit and criminal background check is required for this position.

March of Dimes
3699 Wilshire Blvd.Ste 520
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2719 
Fax: (213) 637-5055
Email: CaliforniaJobs@marchofdimes.com  
Important: Please reference "Director of Development, Los Angeles" in the subject line of the email when responding.

BENEFITS: The March of Dimes offers employees various levels of health, financial and quality of life benefits. Our featured benefits package, determined by your employment status and tenure with the organization, includes the following: Medical Insurance, Disability & Life Insurance, Dental & Vision Plan, Defined Contribution Plan, Flexible Savings Accounts, Tax Deferred Savings Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Adoption Benefits, Paid vacation, Paid holiday time, sick and personal days, and summer hours.

Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.

For more information please visit http://www.marchofdimes.com/.